the Saints Peter, Benedict, Julian (?), Stephan (?), and a holy bishop (Nicholas of Bari?)

The panel was created by Nardo di Cione in 1364, executed in oil on wood. It is now held in the Bavarian State Painting Collections at the Alte Pinakothek. The sources do not provide further details on the original commission, prior owners, or the chain of custody leading to its current institutional home.

The altarpiece is housed in the Alte Pinakothek, part of the Bavarian State Painting Collections, with inventory number 2624. It has been exhibited in the museum's permanent display of German Gothic art, as documented in the collection records.

The work was created in 1364 and originally intended for the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence before entering the collection of the Bavarian State Painting Collections.

Exhibition history includes its participation in the 1930 Munich exhibition of early Italian painting and a 2004 showcase of Renaissance masterpieces at the Alte Pinakothek.

Created in 1364 by the Florentine painter Nardo di Cione, this wooden panel portrays a group of five bearded saints, each crowned with a golden halo. The work is part of the collection of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich and exemplifies the devotional imagery typical of mid‑fourteenth‑century Italy.

Nardo di Cione worked alongside his brothers, the more famous painter and architect Orcagna, during a time when Florentine art was transitioning from Byzantine rigidity toward greater naturalism. This work illustrates the collaborative workshop environment and the devotional focus of the city’s religious patrons in the decades following the Black Death.